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BAG MACHINE.

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BAG-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29. 1907.

Application filed March 6,1905. Serial No. 248.586.

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Be it known that 1, JOHN F. Anus, a citizen of the United States.residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented new and useful Improvements in Bag-Machines, of which thefollon ing is a specification.

My invention relates to a machine for use in making bags, and es cciallybags from cloth, which is supplied in rolls of any desired .quantity,and in uhich machine the cloth is taken from the roll, passed as acontinuous strip through a printing-press, by which a desired brand isapplied at proper intervals, the strip then being fed automatically andcontinuously to a suitable cutting device, whereby it is severed intodesired len ths, these lengths then folded, and the felt ed lengthsfinally piled ready 3" or sewing.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine combiningbag-printing, cutting, folding, and piling mechanisms, said severalmechanisms having coordinated movements, and a wide range of mutualadjustability adapting the machine to the printing, cut ting, folding,and piling of bags of al sizes, having all sizes, shapes, and colors ofbrands.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combinationof parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed. havingreference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of half of the apparatus, showing cutting, folding, and pilingmechanisms. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the other half of theapparatus, showing printing mechanism and means for feeding the printedstrip to the cutter. Figs. 3 and 4 are diagrammatic views corresponding,respectively, to Figs. 1 and 2, showing the fabric in heavy full line,the sprockets in single lines, and the carriers in broken lines. Fig. 5is a planview of apart of the apparatus, showing the cutter and thepresser-roller. Fig. 6 is a side view of same. Fig. 7 is a plan view ofa part of the apparatus, showing the folding-blade and guide-bar 31.Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view showing operation of the folding-blade.Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the piling mechanism.

A represents the roll of stock which is to be printed at regularintervals and cut into suitable lengths, the width of the rolled stockcorresponding to the length of the bag to be made.

B is the printing-press taking the stock from roll A, printing it, andpassing it on to be taken into and through the cutting and foldingmachine, the frame of which latter is indicated by the reference-letter(I. For convenience of illustration, the stock in its travel through thepress and machine is represented in heavy lines by D.

From roll A, Fig. 4, which is mounted to turn free, the fabric-iscarried between the rollers 2, driven in unison with the rest of themachine. Thence it passes between the form or type-cylinder 3 of thepress and the impression-eylinder 4, being fed intermittently thereto bymeans of the feed-rollers 5 6, resting normally on theimpressioncylinder. These feed-rollers are operated through the agencyof an expansible and adjustable cam 7, Fig. 2, on the shaft of theconstantly revolving form cylinder. The cam 7 is composed of a pluralityof concen tric sectors, adapted to be opened out or closed up to presenta more or less extended surface of contact to the roller 8 on arm 9, bywhich the periodical raising of the rollers 5 6 is effected. The roller5 is journaled in the arms 10, keyed to rock-shaft 11, to which therollenarm 9 is also fastened. Roller 6 is carried by the arms 12, whichare pivoted on arms 10, and the two rollers are adjusted by suitabledevices, as the set-screws 13, to cause them to bear equally andsimultaneously on the impression-cylinder. The roller 6 serves also tostrip the cloth from the form, to prevent the cloth following aroundwith the cylinder after making the impression. Thus it is seen that whenthe cam 7 contacts with the roller on arm 9 the shaft H is rocked tolift both rollers 5 6 from the impressioncylinder. When the cam leavesthe roller 8, a spring 14 operates to pull arm 9 back and allow therollers 5 6 to contact with the impression-cylinder to feed the clothforward. The period of contact of the rollers 5 6 with theimpression-cylinder regulates the amount of feed at each revolutionofthe form-cylinder independent of the contact of the form with thecloth and impression-cylinder, and the amount of feed of cloth dependson the sizeof the bag to be made.

The feed-rollers 5 6 are preferably caused to contact with theimpression-cylinder rior to the contactin of the form with the 11 0th,so as to start t e latter in motion and not reduce a smudge as mightoccur if the feed of the cloth depended on the contact of the form andimpression-cylinders alone. The

adjustability of the cam-sectors allows a wide ran e of variation in thetime and amount 0 feed to the press. For large bags the sectors would beclosed more than for small bags. The two cylinders are driven positivelyin unison and at the same surface s)eed by reason of the intcrengagementof the gears 16 on the respective cylinders.

18 re )resent the inking-rolls, which are preferably mounted onmljuslable carriages and each adapted to apply a different-colored inkto a different area of the brand.

Leaving the press the printed length of fabric is preferably supportedon an inclined plane or table it), which is carried by and ad justablcwith the press, as will be more fully explained later. The fabric .assesaround a suitable tension device 20, igs. 2-4, and

thence around an adjustable tension-rod 21, whose functions andnecessity will be made apparent hereinafter: Thence the cloth asses tothe feed-rolls 22 23, by which it is ed intermittently to the knife orcutter 24, Figs. 3 and l, first coming after leaving rolls 22 23 uponthe conslantly-runnin tapes 25 and passing beneath the adjustablePresserroller 26, which latter holds the fabric flat, evens out thecreases, and keeps the end of the fabric from jum )ing back or bucklingwhen the knife cuts off a section. This roller 26 is important, for thereasons last men.- tioned, and is adjustable in slotted guides 26* topermit it to be moved back and forth. lengthwise of the machine, so thatwhen the cloth is temporarily at rest, being still held by the rollers"22 23, but supported on the constantly-runnin tapes 25, the roller,which also runs constant y by reason of its engagement with the tapes,can be shifted so that it will not rub over the freshly-printed portionof the cloth and possibly blur the brand or smear the fabric.

23, Figs. 2 and 4, is a frame felt-lined on its under side and slidableon a suitable guide 23 and movable lengthwise of and in contact with theupper feed-roll 23. It is for the purpose of wiping off the ink that maypossily collect on the roll from the freshly-iniprinted fabric.

Beyond the cutter the severed and printed section d of the strip D isreceived onto the constantly-running tapes 27 and carried across thetransversely-extending bars 28, be tween which thevertically-reciprocating folding-blade 29 crates. The front end of thesevered stri dhs caught by a succeeding set of constant y-running tapes30 and carried against an adjustable guide-bar 3 1 which trues the fronted e of the strip. The guidebar 31 is essentia ,since both carriers 2730 run constantly, and without the bar the severed section would likelybe carried too far or be thrown askew so as not to be folded in themiddle. As it is the bar is adjusted back and forth lengthwise of themachine, according to the size of the bag being made, to brin thefolding-blade exactly in the middle of the severed section of fabric. Byits means I provide a very simple and ellicient device for alwaysgetting an exact and uniform fold.

As the severed strip contacts with bar 31 the blade 29 descends andfolds the strip lengthwise in the middle, carrying the strip downbetween the o positely-turning rollers 32, which creaseam deliver thefolded strip onto a curved guide 33, and thence onto the endless carrier34, which latter. advances it betwecnthe two rollers 35, run ataccelerated speed. The upper of rolls 35 carries tapes 36, Figs. 9, 3,and 1, which carry the strip-section over a plane surface 37 against anadjustable stop 38 and onto the reciprocating table 39, by which thefolded strip, ready for sewing, is piled in the adjustable receiver 40.The tale or sliding frame 39 travels in guides 41 and is moved by acrank-rod 42, connected with the revolving disk 43, operated in unisonwith the other parts of the machine.

In its forward movement the table 39 is timed to pass underneath thestop-bar 38, between which and the surface 37 is an open space throughwhich the bag drops into the receiver when the support afforded by thetable 39 is withdrawn on the backward movement of the latter.

To prevent the crushing or erumpling of the cloth against sto )S 38 bythe. backward movement of the table, a strip of metal 45 of suitablewidth is disposed immediately in front of the stops and sli htly abovethe plane of movement of the ta do, which serves the purmse of holdin acertain portion of the cloth adjacent to the fold flat against thesurface of the table. 7

The receiver 40 is made with respective adjustable end and rear walls45* 46 to accommodate it to bags and sacks of all sizes. It has amovable slatted bottom or platform 47, which is supported at the ends bythe cords, chains, or belts 48, which pass up over the idlers 49 toattach to the periphery of the pulleys or drunis 5O on the transverseshaft 51. The latter is operated by a hand-wheel 52 or equivalentmechanism, and the plat form 47 is held at any suitable elevation bymeans of the ratchet 53 and the pawl 54, which last is released by thefoot-lever 55 and appropriate connections. The platform 47, on which thefolded sections are deposited by the table, is suitably guided andsteadied in its vertical movements by the underneath rods 56, working inboxes 57 in the floor.

The end walls 45 of the receiver consist of metal plates about sixinches wide and carried by and adjustable on the fixed trans- ICCversely-slotted front wall-plate 58, according on upright slats carriedby the adjustable frame 59 on the floor. This rear wall may thus bemoved back and forth, according to varying bag widths.

The side and ends of the receiver having been adjusted to the length andbreadth of a folded bag-blank the platform 47 is raised to within six oreight inches of the table 39. The well or inclosed space thus formedabove the platform operates to provide a sort of air cushion for thefolded fabric, as the latter drops from the table 39 and occasions amore uniform piling than if the sides of the well or receiver wereentirely open. As the receiver is filled, the platform is lowered fromtine to time, as desired, by stepping on the lever 55 and releasing thepawl. When the space from the floor to the under edge of the metalplates formin the rear and end walls of the receiver is iii ed, thefolded and piled naterial may be removed.

Referrin next to the driving connections, power is (ferived from themain shaft 69, Figs. 4 and 2, operated from any suitable source. A gearon shaft 60 engages another gear on the counter-shaft 61, whence extendsa sprocket-chain 62 to a sprocket on shaft 63. From shaft 63 runs achain 64 to shaft 65 on l the printin -press, whence the form and in.-pression cy inders, inking and feed rolls are operated. Also from shaft63 extends a c ain 66 to a sprocket 66, geared to one of the rolls 2,which operate the unwinding of the material from roll A. Also from shaft63 runs a chain 67 to a shaft 68, whence power is transmitted by therespective connections 69 and 70 to run the carriers 25, 27, and 39. Thedisk 43 is operated by a chain 71 from shaft 68. Also from shaft 63extends'another chain 72 to operate a shaft 73 and the conveyer 34. Therolls 32 are run from shaft 73 by connections 74 and the rollers 35 andcarrier 36 by the connections 75.

Shaft 61 carries a radially-slotted disk 76 and an adjustable cam 77,disposed on a radius approximately at right angles to the slot 78 in thedisk. A connecting-rod 79, ad-. justable in slot 78, connects with asliding carriage 80 on the franie of the cutting and folding machine.The carriage 89 is provided with a rack 81, engaging a pinion 82, looseon the shaft of the feed-roller 22. A ratchet 83 is fast to the shaft ofroller 22, and pinion 82 carries an arm having a pawl 84, riding on theratchet, so that as the carriage 80 moves in one direction or toward thecutter the roller 22 will be turned, and when the carria e is retractedthe pawl will ride free overt 1e ratchet and the roller will remainstationary. The amount of rotation of roller 22 will determine the feedto the cutter, and this amount will equal the exact length of fabric tobe severed and will be e ual to the feed through the press at eachimprinting operation. Variation in the feed to the l knife is effectedby shifting the pivot of the connecting-rod 79 in the slot 78 to shortenor lengthen the stroke. Thus it is seen that the adjustirent afforded bythe slotted disk 76 and connecting-rod 79 and the adjustment afforded bycam 7 are mutually interdependent.

In order to render effective a fine and-exact adjustment of the feed ofthe fabric to the cutter relative to the operation of theprinting-press, means are provided to limit the rotative movement of thefeed-rollers 22 23 beyond that prescribed by the forward movement of thecarriage 80, since these rollers have a tendency to continue turningafter the power by which they were set in motion has ceased to beapplied. To prevent this continued rotation and to bring them to restimmediately and prevent any possible variation in the amount of feedeach tune to the cutter, the shaft of roller 22 carries a frictionpullev 85, Figs. 4 and 2, on which a weight 86 is adapted to rest by gravity,and a brakeshoe 87, iinged at 88,is adapted to be ressed 11 against theunder side of the ro ler. This brake is applied the moment the power foraccomplishing the rotary movement of the feed-rolls isdiscontinued,through the agency of the ad'ustable cam 77 periodically dc pressing t 0arm 89, fastened to the rockshaft 90. The latter carries a projection91, on which the brake-shoe is suitably supported. .This brake mechanismprevents an unequal feeding and assures absolute uniformity in thelength of the severed sections of cloth.

The cutting mechanism, which is shown in detail in Figs. 5 and 6,consists of stationary members 24 on the bed-frame and a movable member24, having a spring-supported pivot at one side of the machine. Thispivot comprises a bolt 92, suitably journaled in the frame, and a spring93 surrounds the bolt and operates always to press that end of the knifein against the stationary cutting member. The opposite end of the bladeis movable in a tapered spring-guide 94, which acts in c011- junctionwith t e spring 95 to press that end of the knife always into closecontact with the stationar cutting member. Thus the knife is flexib ysupported and guided at each end and operates on the cloth after thefashion of a pair of shears. By mounting the movable blade in thismanner the cuttin edges remain sharp for a considerable lengtlg of time.

A spring 96 serves to hold the knife normally open, and its depressionat proper intervals is effected by means of the cam 97 on shaft 68contacting with a roller 98 on the pivoted arm 99, to which is connectedthe rod 100, the free end of the rod being pivoted to the knife-blade.

The operation of the folder 29 is accomplished by means of a rod or bar101, fast to and movable with carriage 81) and slidable in The feed ofthe cloth to the cutter and guides 102. This bar carries a cam 103,folder is intermittent, like that to the press, which on a es arocker-arm 104 at each revobut is alternative with and at a differentrate lution risk 76. Arm 104 is connected of speed than the latter thatis, the amount with one end of the folder and is fixed to the ofmaterial coming from the ress after each 70transversely-cxtendingfulcrum-shaft10.5,the imprint will exactly equalthe amount opposite end of which is provided with a going to the cutterat each actuation of the similar arm 106, which is connected with therollers 22 23, yet at the actual time of the forend of the folder onthat side of the machine. ward movement of the cloth through theArocking'of shaft 105 in one direction by the press and to the cutterthe rate of speed 75 cam 103 depresses the blade to carry the throughthe cutting machine is greater than bight of the severed strip inbetween the through the printing-press, due to thediffercreasing-rollurs 3;. The retraction of the ences in the respectivefeed-o erating means. folder is occasioned by the springs 107. It isobvious, therefore, thati the cloth is fed 1 5 It will be observed thatwhile the feeds to simultaneously into each and not succes- 8o theprinting-press and to the cutter are mtermittent the operation of theseveral endless carriers 25, 27, 30, 34, and 36 is continuous.

The several driving connections are either chains and sprockets or gearsin order that every essential part should be positively driven, therebypreventing disarrangement after the machine is once adjusted for a par-2 5 ticular run of bags.

In operation a roll of cloth A is taken, the width of the cloth beingequal to the length of the bag to be made. Cam 7 is adjusted so that itsperiod of non-contact with the roller to on arm 9 will allow the rolls 56 to operate just long enough to feed the exact quantity of cloththrough the ress as will constitute the width of a severe ba blankbefore it is folded. The position of tTlB press relative to 5 the cutter24 is then determined, the press bein mounted on rollers 108 for thisurpose and sing movable back and-forth y suitable means, as the screwand hand-wheel 109. The throw of the conn'ectin -rod 79 is then adjustedto render the feed y the rollers 22 23 to the -cutter proportionate tothe feed through the printingress, sincethere is seen to be a necessariy-coordinated move-' ment between the printing and the cutting 5 andfolding mechanisms.

sively or alternatively therewill be a gain of the feed into thecutting-machine over that by the printing-machine, with the result thatthe cloth when it is held by the pressure of the printinglate againstthe impressioncylinder wil e torn y the ull of the feedin -rolls of thecuttingl and fo ldin machine.

he printing mec anism is isposed at some distance from the cuttingmechanism and its feed-rollers, and the section of cloth 0 between thepress and the feed to the cutter has printed on it at regular intervalsvarious and several impressions of the printing-plate. This separationof the press and the cutting and folding machine is to ermit of the ad-9 5 justment of one machine reliative to the other that must be made inprinting he s of different sizes, since the distance from t e cuttingblade to the oint of contact on the cloth of the side of t eprintingplate must be definitely fixed in order that the print on thesection to be severed be always properly disosed relative to thedistance from each edge of the folded section. In other words, the

rint on the cloth must occupy a definite uni- [o5 orm position relativeto the cut edge of the cloth. Hence with a continuous strip havingsuccessively applied brands the cut must always occur on precisely thesame line between any two prmts in order that the sewed r 1 o In manycases where bags are made of a bag-sections should have the printsappear length less than the standard width of the uniform. cloth, theoriginal roll is split in two,leaving For every different size of bagand every the cloth with one selvage edge and one raw different size ofbrand theposition of the rint 5o edge. The selvage edge is sli htlypuckered, on the strip has to be especially regu ated drawn, orshortened, while t e raw edge is relative to the cutter. loose and has atendency to lengthen when The inclined table 19 is fixed to theprintstress is put on it. Hence the reason for the ing-press frame andmoves with it, and a tension-rod 21, around which the printed space isleft between the impressioncylinder 55 length of fabric passes betweenthe press and and the adjacent u per end of the table, into the cutterfeed-rollers 22 23. This rod has which space a fold of the fabric isreceive its ends adjustable in the vertical guides 110, after eachimpression. This portion of fabric so that each end may be raised orlowered which is allowed to sag between the table and independently toeffect the properangle for the cylinder is exactly the amount that the60 accomplishing the equalization of thevarying rollers 22 23 will drawforward the next inlen ths of the edges. stant for the cutter.

he tension means 20, between the rod 21 The features of this inventionwhich are and the press, supplement the rod 21 and deemed to beessentially novel are, first, the produce the necessary tension torender the means for operating the several printing, cut- 65 operationof the rod 21 effective. ting, folding, and piling mechanisms in um- 13oson and arranging for their mutual adjustability according to-thesizc ofthe bags or the character of the brands; second, the vcrti-Cally-adjustable tensionrod for evening the edges of the strip prior tocutting,- third, the brake f or controlling the rotative movement of thefeed-rolls in order to accomplish uniformity in the length of the cutsfourth, the

rcsser-roller for removing creases and keeping the goods flat duringcutting; fifth, the construction of the cutter; sixth, the movable guidefor truing the edges of the severed sheet and positioning it ready forfolding; seventh, the piling mechanism; eighth, the means, notpreviously mentioned, for adjusting the arms 104 106 of the foldingbladeto cause the blade to contact with both edges of the cloth at the sametime. In Fig. 8 it is noted that each of said arms has an angle-plate112 pivoted to it at one end, as at 113, each plate having a partextending beneath its arm and resting directly on the blade, whichslides up and down in suitable guides on the frame, Fig. 1. A set-screw115 is threaded in each arm 106 and is adapted to bear on the underneathpart of the corre spending plate 112. By turning the screws 115 in onedirection or the other the pressure of the two arms on the blade may beregulated so thatthe blade will come down equally and simultaneously onboth edges of the cloth and make an even fold. Some adjustment of thissort is essential for best results.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A bag-making machine having in combination means for supporting acontinuous strip of cloth, a printing mechanism to which the strip isdelivered, means for giving an advance movement to the strip in unisonwith the making of the imprint, means for interrupting the advance ofthe strip and causing the printed portion thereof to be deliveredloosely beyond the printing devices, lndepeniientintermittentlv-opcrating means for renewing the travel of the printedstrip after each imprint, and a cutting mechanism to which' the printedstrip is advanced by the last-named means. i 2. In bag machinery, thecombination in a single organism of means for supporting a continuousstrip of cloth, a printing mechanism to which the strip is delivered,means for interrupting and then renewing the travel of the strip andcausing the printed portion thereof to be delivered loosely beyond theprinting devices, and inde endent means for continuing the travel of theloose and printed strip.

3. In bag machinery, the combination in a single organism of means forsupporting a continuous strip of cloth, a printing mechanism to whichthe strip is delivered, means for interrupting after each imprint andthen-re ncwing during the succeeding imprint the travel of the strip,said strip being delivered in a loose condition beyond the printingmechanism after each imprint, independent means for continuing thetravel of the said loose and printed portion of the'strip, a cuttingmechanism to which the printed strip is delivered, and means foroperating the imprinting, feeding and cutting mechanisms automaticallyand coordinately.

a. in a bag-machine the combination in a single organism of means forsupporting a continuous strip of cloth, a printing mechanism to whichthe strip is delivered, means for interrupting and then renewing thetravel of the strip and delivering said strip in a loose conditionbeyond the printing mech anism, independent means for continuing thetravel of the said loose and printed strip, a cutting mechanism towhiclnthe printed strip is delivered, a folding mechanism to which thesevered lengths of cloth are delivered, and means for operating the imprinting, feeding, cutting and folding mechanisms automatically andcoordinately.

5. A bag-machine having in combination intermittently-o )cratingprinting mechanism and means whereby a strip of fabric may be fedthereto; intermittently-operating cutting mechanism by which the printedstrip is severed into bag lengths; intermit- 'tently-operating foldingmechanism suc ceeding the cutting mechanism, and feeding means betweenthe cutting and folding mechanisms.

6. A bag-machine including in a single organism an adjustable printingmechanism to which a strip of fabric is delivered, an adjustable,intermittently-opcrating feeding means for giving an advance movement tothe strip in unison with the making of the imprint and then interruptingsaid advance movement after the imprint is made, acutting mechanism forsevering the imprinted stri into bag lengths, and means associated wit 1the cutting mechanism and independent of the first-named feeding meansfor delivering to the cutting mechanism the portion of fabric advancedbeyond the printing mechanism by said first feeding means, a mechanismfor folding the severed lengths of fabric, means for piling the foldedlengths, and means for operating the feeding, cutting, folding and.)iling mechanisms automatically and coor inately.

7. A bag-machine including in a single organism an adjustable printingmechanism to which a strip of fabric is delivered, an adjustable,intermittentl -operating feeding mcansfor giving an a vanee movement tothe strip in unison with the making of the imprint and then interruptingsaid advance movement after the imprint is made, a cutting mechanism,nicans whereby the printing and cutting mechanism are adjustable IO vone relative to the other, said cutting mechanism operating during theintermission of the forward movement of the fabric, for severing thefabric into bag lengths, a feeding means assoeiai'el with the cuttingmechanism and independent of the first feeding means for feeling to thecutting mechanism the portion of the imprinted fabric advanced beyontlthe printing mechanism by the said first feeding means, and anadjustable intermittently-operating folding mechanism to which thesevere; lengths of fabric are delivered.

8. A machine of the character described having the followinginstrumentalities, viz: means for supporting and feeding a strip offabric; means for printing said strip; adjustableyintermittentlyoperating mechanism for cuttin the printed strip into bag lengths and tow ich'mechanisni the strip is automatically and intermittently fed andadjustable folding mechanism to which the severed len ths are deliveredintermittently and by whic sa'id lengths are folded into bag forms.

9. A machine of the character described having the followinginstrumentalities, viz: means for feeding a strip of fabric 5 means forprinting said strip; adjustable and intermittently operating mechanismfor cutting the printed stri into bag lengths, intermittently acting feeing means for delivering t 1e printed fabric to the cutting mechanism;adjustable folding mechanism to which the severed lengths are delivered;means for deliverin the severed lengths intermittently to the foldingmechanism and means for piling the folded bag forms.

10. The combination with means for supplying a strip of fabric, of acutting device for severing the said strip into desired len ths, anadjustable, intermittently-acting fol er cooperating with the cutter tofold the severed sections, suitable conveying means, and a piling deviceto receive the folded sec tions, said piling device comprising a framehaving adjustable sides and ends.

11. The combination with means for cutting a strip of fabric intodesired. lengths, and adjustable means for intermittently folding thesevered sections, of a piling device comprising a framework withadjustable walls and a movable bottom opcratable vertically between saidwalls, said walls partially inclosed at the top to proyide anair-cushion for the falling material.

12. The col'nbination of three successivelyarranged carriers moving inthe sanie direction, having their carrying-surfaces disposed insubstantially the same plane, a cutter operating between the first twoof said carriers, means for driving the carriers continuously, means forfeeding a strip of material intermittently upon said carriers, and afolder operating between the second and third carmore.

13. The combination of three successivelyarranged carriers thecarrying-surfaces of which. move in the same direction, a cutteroperating between the first. two of said carriers, means for driving thecarriers continuously, means for feeding a strip intermittently uponsaid carriers, a transversely-extending guiding device disposed in thepath of the severed sections of the strip for the purpose of stoppingand truing the edge of the severed sections prior to folding, and afolding-blade operative between the second and third carriers.

14. In a bag-machine, the combination with means for supplying a stripof fabric, of a printing mechanism, a feeding mechanism, threesuccessively-arranged carriers the carrying-surfaces of which move inthe same di motion, a cutter operating between the first two of saidcarriers, means for driving the carriers continuously, means for feedinga strip intermittently upon said carriers, a transversely-extendingguiding device disposed in the path of the severed sections of the stripfor the purpose of stopping and truing the edge of the severed sectionprior to folding, and a folding-blade operative b etween the second andthird carriers.

]5 The combination of four successivelyarranged carriers whosecarrying-surfaces move in the same direction, the fourth carrier beingdisposed parallel with the other three but on a different plane, acutter operating between the first two of said carriers, means fordriving the carriers continuously, means for feeding a stripintermittently upon said carriers, a transversely extending guidingdevice disposed in the path of the severed sections of the strip for theurpose of stopping and truing the edge of tlie severed section prior tofolding, a folder operativcbetween the second and third carriers, andmeans cooperating with the folder for delivering the folded sectionsupon the fourth carrier.

16. A bag-machine having in combination a printing mechanism to which astrip of fabric is delivered, a feeding mechanism for the printed strip,four successively-arranged carriers iuovin v in the same direction withthe fourth carrier disposed parallel with the other three but disposedon a different plane, a cutter operating between the first two of saidcarriers, means for driving the carriers continuously, means for feedinga strip intermittently upon said carrier's, a folding device operatingbetween the second and third carriers, and a guide for stopping andtruing the edge of the severed section pior to folding.

17. The combination of three successivelyarrangcd carriers whosecarrying-surfaces IlO move in the same direction, a cutter operatin rbetween the first and second carriers, a foi der operating between thesecond and third carriers, means for driving the carriers continuously,means for feeding a strip intermittently upon said carriers, and a guidedisposed in the path of the severed sections of the strip for thepurpose of stopping and truing the edge of the severed section. prior tofolding.

18. In a bagqnachine the combination with means for supplying a strip offabric, of a printing mechanism, a feeding mechanism, threesuccessively-arranged carriers whose carrying-surfaces move in the samedirection, a cutter operating between tlie first and second carriers,means for driving the carrierscontinuously in thesame direction, a transversely-extending guiding device disposed in the path of the severedsection of the strip for the purpose of stopping and truing the edge ofthe severed section prior to folding, and a folder operative between thesecond and third carriers.

19. The combination of four successivelyarranged carriers whose carryingsurfaces move in the same direction, the fourth of said carriers beingdisposed parallel with the other three but on a different plane, acutter operating between the first and second carriers,'means fordriving the carriers continuously, means for feeding a stripintermittently upon said carriers, a guide disposed in the path of thesevered sections of the strip for the purpose of stopping and truing theedge of the severed section, and a folder 0 eratable between the secondand third of said carriers.

20. The combination with means for sup plying a strip of fabric, of aprinting mechanism, a feeding mechanism, four successivelyarrangedcarriers whose carrying-surfaces move in the same direction, the fourthof said carriers being disposed parallel with the other three but on adifferent plane, a cutter operatable between the first and second ofsaid carriers, means for driving the carriers continuously in the samedirection, means for feeding a stri intermittently upon the carriers, aguide cl severed section of the strip for the purpose of stopping andtruin' the ed e of the severed section rior to fol ing, an a foldingdevice operata le between the second and third of the carriers.

21. In a bag-machine the combination isposed in the path of the l insuccessive order during the intermission of the forward movement of thefabric, means for driving the carriers continuously, and means forfeeding a strip intermittently upon said carriers.

22. In a bag-machine the combination with means for supplying a strip offabric, of a printing mechanism, a feeding mechanism and threesuccessivelyarranged carriers having their upper lanes disposed insubstantially the same p ane and whose carrying-surfaces move in samedirection, a cutter operating between the first two of said carriers, afolder operating between second and third of said carriers, the cutterand folder operating in successive order during the intermission of theforward movement of the fabric, means for driving the carrierscontinuously, means for feeding a strip intermittently upon saidcarriers and a transversely-extending guiding device disposed in thepath of the severed section of the strip for the purpose of stopping andtruing the edge of the severed section.

23. In a bag-machine the combination with means for supplying a strip offabric, of a printing mechanism, a feeding mechanism and threesuccessively-ananged carriers h aving their upper planes disposed insubstantially the same plane and whose carrying-surfaces move in samedirection, a cutter'operating between the first two of said carriers, afolder operating between second and third of said carriers, the cutterand folder operating in successive order during the intermission of theforward movement of the fabric, means for driving the carrierscontinuously, means for feeding a strip intermittently upon saidcarriers and a transversely-extending guid ing device disposed in thepath of the severed section of'the strip for the purpose of stopping andtruing the ed e of the severed section, and a presser-rol er arrangedbetween the cutter and said feeding means.

24. The combination with a printing-press mounted on a movable carria e,of a cutting device mounted independent y of the press and operatable inunison therewith, means for passing a strip of material throu h thepress, means for feeding the imprinted strip to the cutting device, andadjustable feeding means operatin coordinatelvwith the cut ting deviceto f0 d the severed sections.

125. The combination with a printing-Dress mounted on a movablecarriage, of a cutting device mounted independently of the press andoperatable in unison therewith, means for passing a strip of materialthrough the press, means for feeding the imprinted strip to the cuttingdevice, adjustable folding means operating coordinately with the cuttingdevice to fold the severed sections, and adjustable mechanism for pilingthe folded sections.

.26. The combination with aprinting-prcss mounted on a movable carria'e,a cutting mechanism supported 'indepenr ently of said carriage. meansfor feeding a strip of material to said printing mechanism, means forfeeding the unprinted strip to said cutting mechanism, means foroperating the several mechanisms and feeding means in unison andadjustable tension means for the strip inter mediate of the printingmechanism and the means for feeding material to the cutting mechanism.

27. The combination with a printing-press mounted on a movable carriage,a cutting mechanism supported independently of said carria e, means forfeeding a strip of material to suit printing mechanism, means for feedmgthe imprinted strip to said cutting mechanism, means for operating theseveral mechanisms and feeding means in unison, ad'ustable tension meansfor the sti'i interme iate of the printing mechanism an the means forfeeding material to the cutting mechanism, said last-named meansincludln a rod extending transversely of the at of movement of the stripand adjusta le to bear unequally on the opposite ed es of the strip.

28. The combination of a printing mechanism and a cutting mechanism,means for delivering a strip to said printing mechanism, means fordelivering the im rinted strip to the cutting mechanism and ar justabletension device between the printing mecha'nism, and the means forfeeding the strip to the cuttil mechanism, said tension device operatabe to bear more or less on one side or the other of the strip to equalizethe length of the two edges of the strip as it passes to the cutter.

.29. The combination with a printing-press mounted on an adjustablecarriage of an independently-supported cutting device, means for feedinga strip of material to the printingpress, means for feeding theimprinted strip to the cutting mechanism, means for giving the press,the cutting mechanism and the several feeding means a coordinatemovement, and a table carried by and movable with the printing-pressupon which the im printed material is delivered prior to its passage tothe cutting mechanism,and suitable adjustable tension means between thepress and the means for feeding the imprinted strip to the cuttingmechanism.

v30. The combination with means for supplying a strip of materialcontinuously, of means for bestowing an imprint at regular intervals onsaid stfip, a cutting device operatable at right angles to the path ofmovement of the strip, means for feeding the strip intermittently tosaid cutti device, said means comprising upper and ower contact rollers,means for giving one of said rollers a step-b v-step movement, and abrake operated intermittently with said means for rotating said rollerto limit the movement of the latter.

31. The combination with intermittently operating feed-rollers to whichthe material is adapted to be delivered in a continuous strip, acontinuously-operatin endless carrier upon which the matcria isdelivered from said feed-rollers, a presser-roller ad justablelengthwise of said endless carrier and beneath which roller the stripasses, a cutter operating in the path of the strip and during theintervals of rest of the material, successively-arranged andcontinuously-0perating carriers upon which the severed strip isdelivered from the cutter, and a folding device operating intermittentlyof said lastnamed endless carriers, means for operating said endlesscarriers continuously and means for operating said feeder means, cutterand folding means intermittently and coordinately.

32. The combination with intermittentlyoperating feed-rollers to whichthe material is adapted to be delivered in a continuous strip, acontinuously-operating endless carrier u on which the material isdelivered from said cod-rollers, a resser-roller adjustable lengthwiseof said endless carrier and beneath which roller the strip passes, acutter o crating in the path of the strip and during t 1e intervals ofrest of the material, succes sively-arranged and continuously-operatingcarriers upon which the severed stri is delivered from the cutter and afolding evice operating intermittently of said last-named endlesscarriers, means for operating said endless carriers continuously, meansfor operating said feeder means, cutter and folding means intermittentlyand coordinately, and

an adjustable guide-bar 31 arranged in the ath of the severed section ofmaterial and in juxtaposition to the folding device.

33. The combination of three successivelyarranged endless carriershaving their upper planes disposed in substantially the same plane andall moving in the same direction, a cutter operating between the firsttwo of said carriers, means for driving the carriers continuously, meansfor feeding a strip of material intermittently upon said carriers, and afolder operating between the second and third carriers.

34. The combination of three successivelyarranged endless carriershaving their upper planes disposed in substantially the same plane, acutter operating between the first two of said carriers, means fordriving the carriers continuously, means for feeding a strip of materialintermittently upon said carriers, a presser-roller adjustablelengthwise of the machine and arranged between the cutter and saidfeeding means and a transversely-extending adjustable guiding devicesucceeding the folder and disposed in the path of the severed section ofthe strip for the purpose of truing the edges of said severed sectionprior to folding, and a folder.

35. The combination with means for cutting a strip of fabric intodesired lengths, and adjustable means for folding the severed sectionsof a piling device comprising a framework with adjustable walls and amovable bottom 0 )eratable vertically between said walls, said wallspartially inclosed at the top to provide an air-cushion for thefallingmaterial.

36. The combination with a cutting de vice, of means for feeding a stripof material thereto, means for folding the severed sections of the stripand means for piling said folded sections, said' last-named meansincluding a frame having adjustable walls, a slotted bottom operat-ablebetween said walls, means for raising and lowering said bottom, saidlastnamed means including a shaft with pulleys thereon, flexibleconnections between said pulleys and said movable bot tom, means forrotating said shaft to raise or lower the bottom and locking means forholding the bottom at any desired elevation.

37. The combination with cutting mechanism, of means for delivering astrip of material thereto, means for folding the, severed sections,carrier means, a reciprocating table upon which the folded sections aredelivered, sto means arranged in the path of the matel'ia and above saidtable and a vertically-.

movable platform upon which the material is delivered on the withdrawalof the support afiorded by said table beneath said stop means.

38. The combination with means for advancing a strip of material, of acutter arranged in the ath of the material and ada ted to sever the sameinto desired lengt s, means for folding the severed sections ofmaterial, suitable conveyer, means upon which the folded sections aredelivered, a succeeding conveyor to receive the folded sections, a tablereciprocating across an opening and upon which table the folded sectionsare delivered and stop means in the path of the folded material andcooperating with the ta,- ble to deposit the material through the saidopening on the withdrawal of the table beneath said guide means.

39. The combination with cutting and folding devices, of means forfeeding a strip of material to the cutter, means for delivering thesevered sections to the folder, suitable conveying means receiving thefolded sections, a reciprocating table upon which the folded sectionsare delivered b said conveying means, an adjustable gui e arranged 1nthe ath of the folded sections cooperating with the table to deposit thefolded sections beneath the table on the withdrawal of the support ofthe latter, a vertically-movable platform upon which the material fromthe table is deposited.

40. In bag machinery and in a sin le organism, the combination of aprinting evice, a cutter, intermittently-o crating means for feeding acontinuous flexi le web of material to the printin device, and anintermittentlyoperating fee mechanism between the printing device andcutter for feeding the imprinted strip to the cutter, said last-namedfeed mechanism operating subsequent to the putting in motion of the webby the printingdevice feeding means.

41. In bag machinery and in a single organism, the combination withmeans for feeding a continuous web of material, of means for imprintin abrand or the like at intervals on said w b, a cutitng device forsevering the printed web into bag lengths, and intermittently-operatingmeans between the imprinting means and the cutting device for feedingthe imprinted web to said cutting device, said feeding means for thecutter operating subsequent to the putting in motlon of the web by theprinting-device feeding means whereby the portion of the web between thecutting means and said feeding means remains stationary during a part ofthe im rinting operation substantially as describe 42. In bag machineryand in a single oranism, the combination with means for ceding acontinuous web of material, of means for imprinting a brand or the likeat intervals on said web, a cuttin device for severing the printed webinto bag lengths, intermittently-operatin means between the imprintingmeans and t 1e cutting device for feeding the imprinted web to saidcutting device, said feeding means for the cutter operating subsequentto the putting in motion of the web by the printing-device feeding meanswhereby the portion of the web between the cutting means and saidfeeding means remains stationary during a part of the imprintingoperation, a folding device and means for adjusting the printing meanswith respect to the cutting device.

43. In bag machinery and in a single oranism, the combination with meansfor feeding a continuous web of material, of means for imprintin a brandor the like at intervals on said we a cutting device for severing theprinted web into bag lengths, intermittently-operating means between theimprinting means and the cutting device for feeding theimprinted web tosaid cutting device,. said feeding means for the cutter operatingsubsequent to the putting in metron of the web by the printing-devicefeeding means whereby the portion of the web between the cutting meansand said feeding means remains stationary during a part of theimprinting operation, successively-arranged endless carriers beyond thecutting device having their carrying-surfaces arranged in substantiallythe same plane and moving in the same direction, and a folder operatingbetween said carriers.

44. In bag machinery and in a single organism, the combination withmeans for feeding a continuous web of material, of means for imprintin abrand or the like at intervals on said we a cuttin device for severingthe printed web into ag lengths, intermittently-operating means betweenthe imprinting means and the cutting device for feeding the imprintedweb to said cutting device, said feeding means for the cutter operatingsubsequent to the putting in motion of the web by the printing-devicefeeding means whereby the portion of the web be tween the cutting meansand said feeding means remains stationary during a part of theimprinting operation successively-arranged endless carriers beyond thecutting device having their carryingsurfaces arranged in substantiallythe same plane and moving in the same direction, a folder operatingbetween said carriers, and an adjustable stop beyond the folder andmovable toward and from said folder and interposable in the path of thesevered sections.

45. The combination with a printingpress, of a cutting device mountedindependently of the press and operatable in unison therewith, means forpassing a strip of material through the'press, means for feeding theimprinted strip to the cutting device, fo ding means operatingcoordinately with the cutting device to fold the severed sections and anendless carrier operative on each side of the cuttin device and foldingdevice to support the fa ric during the cutting and folding operations.t

46. The combination with the form and impression cylinders of aprinting-press, of intermittently-operating means for feeding a web tosaid cylinders, a cutting device, in termittently-operating means forfeeding the printed web to said cutting device, said lastnamed feedingmeans operating subsequent to the putting in motionof the web by thefirst-named feeding means, and means for varying the distance betweenthe cutting device andsaid cylinders.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN F. AMES.

Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, JEssIE C. BRODIE.

